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Barkley: Chelsea squad need to step up and score goals to replace Hazard

The Blues midfielder has called for a collective effort to replace the Belgium superstar after he struck another goal in pre-season

Ross Barkley has called on his Chelsea team-mates to chip in with goals to replace those lost following the summer departure of the "exceptional" Eden Hazard.

Belgium international Hazard scored 21 goals and provided 18 assists in his final season at Stamford Bridge before his big-money move to Real Madrid over the summer.

New Chelsea manager Frank Lampard will have to figure out how to replace that contribution given he is operating under a transfer ban, with only January signing Christian Pulisic and the returning loan players added to last season’s squad.